Scottish rock band Nazareth have cancelled all upcoming shows after singer Dan McCafferty suffered a stroke on stage during the band's performance in Switzerland last Friday.

RUFUS and Archie Roach along with Big Scary, Violent Soho, Saskwatch and Seth Sentry have been announced to perform at the Independent Music Awards in October.

Michael Buble has announced to the world that he and wife Luisana Lopilato are the proud parents of son Noah.

Country star Luke Bryan’s album ‘Crash My Party’ has sold more albums than John Mayer ‘Paradise Valley’ in its second week on sale.

Eminem has released his new song ‘Berzerk’ from the upcoming album ‘The Marshall Mathers LP2’.

Universal Music will reissue an expanded edition of Lenny Kravitz ‘Are You Gonna Go My Way’ in September.

Chic featuring Nile Rodgers will perform additional shows around Australia as well as appearing at Meredith Music Festival.

Rapper Joey Bada$$ will play shows in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth in addition to his already announced Meredith Music Festival performance.

Following the first artist announcement for Bluesfest 2014 the days the acts will play have no also been made public.

The Pet Shop Boys will release the track Love is a Bourgeois Concept as the third single from their new album Electric.

For the first time since July 4, 1991, the Replacements took the stage on Sunday night at Riot Fest in Toronto.

Trent Reznor and Nine Inch Nails played the Reading and Leeds Festivals in England over the weekend and, while the Friday night show in Leeds went well, Reznor lashed out at the promoters and headlining group Biffy Clryo on Twitter.

Bill Peach, the well-known and respected Australian TV journalist, has lost his battle with cancer at the age of 78.

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has made a video to support his run for candidacy in the upcoming Australian Federal Election.

Comedian Rob Schneider will also lap Australia when he heads down under for the Just For Laughs festival in Sydney in October.

John Mayer and the Dave Matthews Band are the first major names announced for Bluesfest 2014.

The ART Music Awards were announced in Sydney tonight (Monday, August 26, 2013) at the Parade Theatre, NIDA.

Pearl Jam have released a video for ‘Mind Your Manners’, the first single from their upcoming ‘Lightning Bolt’ album.

The Woodford Folk Festival music programmer Chloe Goodyear is travelling the world to sign artists and put together the line-up for 2013 to be announced in October.

Brisbane band Sheppard have released their second song ‘Hold My Tongue’ following the platinum success of their first single ‘Let Me Down Easy’.

Justin Timberlake had the old band back together when NSYNC performed at the Video Music Awards (VMAs).

The Australian World Music Expo (AWME) will return to Melbourne’s from November 14 to 17, 2013.

UK boy band Five (5ive) will perform in Australia from late October as part of their ‘The Big Reunion’ tour.

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band will perform a second and final Melbourne show at AAMI Park in February.

The National have announced a national tour for February, 2014.

Former Taxiride frontman Jason Singh has released the video for ‘Hold On Forever’, the first single from his debut solo album ‘Humanequin’.

Kathy Griffin has two words for where Australia is potentially heading in the next election. “Sarah Palin”.

Boy & Bear see their second album “Harlequin Dream” debut at the top becoming the 333rd album to enter at the top of the Australian Album charts.

After a full week of sales, Katy Perry scores her third No.1 single in Australia as “Roar” is up a couple of places from last weeks No.3 debut to the top spot on the ARIA Singles Chart this week.

A cave that everyone figured had been fully mined may be ready to spring forth with even more jewels. Reports across the web say that a new set of Beatles performances on the BBC will be released in October.